Snappy

Wildly funny, deeply moving and startlingly original, Snappy is a razor-sharp new comedy about impossible expectations and the quiet breaking point we all pretend isn’t there.

Nina used to be the master of her own design. Controlled. Controlling. Perfect. But when the illusion shatters, she wakes up in a life she doesn’t recognise, inhabiting a self she no longer knows. The cracks in her reality are widening. Time is bending, identity is blurring, and the carefully ordered existence she built is transforming into something strange, lawless, and beautiful.

Winner of the 2025 Griffin Award, Snappy is Michele Lee’s reimagining of Ibsen’s classic A Doll’s House – equal parts funny and tragic.

Snappy is about what it costs to build a good life. It’s about the mental load that accumulates, the friendships that hold us and the strangers who reflect us back to ourselves. It’s about fathers, sons, mothers, daughters, artists, accountants, the people who love us and the people we become.

What does it cost to come back to yourself? Because sometimes, holding it together is the most dangerous performance of all.

“A funny, heart-aching story of mid-life disquiet and sexual transgression… Bold new Australian playwriting.” — Declan Greene, Griffin Theatre Company, Australian Arts Review

“Lee’s snappy dialogue dances through all this with wit and considerable tenderness.” — Review of Rice, Stage Whispers

CONTENT
Suitable for ages 16+

RUN TIME
100 mins (no interval)

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Single tickets will be on sale in December.

Audio Described Performances and Pre-Show Briefing for blind and vision impaired patrons
Saturday, 14 August, 1.00pm (briefing), 2.00pm (performance)
Monday, 16 August, 5.30pm (briefing), 6.30pm (performance), with a post-show Q&A

Captioned Performances for deaf and hard of hearing patrons
Wednesday, 18 August, 11.00am
Wednesday, 18 August, 6:30pm

Relaxed Performance
Monday, 16 August 6:30pm, with a post-show Q&A

Relaxed Performances are a welcoming theatre experience with adjusted lighting, sound, and conventions.

Wheelchair access & Companion Cards
Wheelchair accessible seats, companion cards and other accessible bookings can be made via phone on 08 8415 5353 (Monday – Friday, 9.00am – 5.00pm), or via email at tickets@statetheatrecompany.com.au.

Visit the Access page for more information on our Access Program.

Subscriber Briefing
2027 Subscribers are invited to join us for an exclusive Subscriber Briefing to learn more about the creation of the show.
– Monday, 2 August, 6.00pm

Post Show Q&As
We hold Q&As with our artists and creative teams so that you can ask questions about the production.
– Monday, 16 August
– Wednesday, 18 August

A Date with State
Supported by the Office for Ageing Well and Seniors Card, join us for our 2027 A Date With State program, with pre-show tea and coffee before the performance and a post-show Q&A.
– Wednesday, 18 August, 10.00am (pre-show tea and coffee), 11.00am (performance)

Venue Access

This show will be performed at the Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre.

The recommended Dunstan Playhouse and Space Theatre drop off zone is at the northern end of the Riverbank Footbridge on War Memorial Drive (walk across the Footbridge to Dunstan Playhouse) or at the Intercontinental Hotel (walk north between the Intercontinental Hotel and Railway Station along the laneway to the Riverbank). There is also a drop off area and two accessible car spaces on lower Festival Drive, accessible from the west via Montefiore Road.

Getting to the Venue

Adelaide Festival Centre is easily accessible by public transport, including the tram (stop at Railway Station), trains, buses and a free bus service that operates on a loop throughout the city and North Adelaide with stops on the corner of King William Road and North Terrace.

For more information visit https://adelaidemetro.com.au/

For information about parking near the Adelaide Festival Centre, please click here.

Dining Options

Malt Shovel Taphouse
Located at the Adelaide Festival Centre at the end of the Adelaide Oval footbridge
Open Wednesday 3pm-11pm and Thursday – Sunday 11.30am-late

The Strathmore Hotel
Located 5 minutes from the Dunstan Playhouse at 29 North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000
Open 7 days, 11am – 3am